No, he didn't. But he didn't start a war to end it, either.
Lincoln didn’t unconstitutionally interfere with state internal policies absent an insurrection.
Arresting the Legislature of Maryland was not interfering with internal state policies absent an insurrection? Was Maryland having an insurrection then? First i've heard of it.
The insurrection was unconstitutional, and was begun to further and extend the evil that was slavery.
So if the insurrection had been for something that wasn't evil, then it would have been okay? You know, like the Riots in New York and Boston to protest impressment?
Isn't forcing men to fight in a conflict against their will a sort of slavery? Is it okay when Lincoln does it?
I'm getting mixed messages on this "evil of slavery" argument.
And when did the insurrection start? Long before Lincoln did anything to the legislature of Maryland.
Maryland had not joined it, but the insurrection was started, and the president used some of his broad powers in the face of the insurrection to fight it, even in states which were not in insurrection.
Just as the US Army was able to fight the forces of the insurrection in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
If the insurrection was for something that wasn’t evil, then more people would have supported it, absent coercion.
The southern armies were short of men because it was a bad cause. Because of that they resorted early to conscription, and over 40 regiments of southern men served in the US army to put down the insurrection.